SODIUM, POTASSIUM AND PHOSPHATES IN THE CELLS AND SERUM OF BLOOD IN DIABETIC ACIDOSIS

Abstract
Whole blood and serum of diabetic patients were analyzed for Na, K, total acid soluble phosphate, inorganic phosphate, and water. At the height of diabetic acidosis, the blood cells were extremely depleted of phosphates and base. These were slowly restored during recovery. The relation of these disturbances to various features of diabetic acidosis and their bearing on cell permeability and transfers of base and P across cellular membranes was discussed.

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